The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in Math. The lowest is 42% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on San Antonio Elementary School
San Antonio Elementary sits on Darby Road in Dade City, the county seat and historic commercial center of eastern Pasco County. It serves prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Pasco County district, with an enrollment that makes it a mid-sized elementary for its grade band. The school draws a student body that is predominantly white, with Hispanic students making up roughly a quarter of enrollment, and smaller shares of Black and multiracial students. Just under half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning a meaningful but not dominant share of the population comes from lower-income households. Data on students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not available in what we received.
On state testing, the picture is mixed and worth examining grade by grade. Florida's FAST assessments show the school's third graders performing close to or slightly above what one might call a bare majority in math, while fourth graders in math are at a noticeably lower rate, and fifth graders fall between those two. In ELA, results across third, fourth, and fifth grades are all below the majority-proficient mark, running from the mid-forties down into the low forties. Fifth-grade science results are similarly modest. A sixth-grade math figure appears in the data at a very high rate, but given that this school serves only through fifth grade, that result likely reflects a very small number of students tested under an accelerated or transitional circumstance and should not be read as representative. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether performance has been improving, holding steady, or declining. A parent who wants to understand the trajectory would do well to ask the school directly.
No program offerings data was provided, so details on enrichment, gifted services, or instructional approaches are not something we can characterize here.
The surrounding community gives this school its texture. Dade City retains a small-town, historic Florida feel, with a walkable downtown built around the Pasco County Courthouse, antique shops, local restaurants, and a recurring civic calendar that includes events like the Kumquat Festival. That downtown core is genuinely walkable, but the broader area is car-dependent, with subdivisions branching outward and limited public transit. Major employers in the area include AdventHealth Dade City, Florida Medical Clinic, and Pasco County Schools itself, alongside retail and state government presence.
The housing market around the school, based on recent zip-code data, shows home values running slightly below the state average and noticeably below the national average, with recent year-over-year values slightly down. Rents have edged up modestly. The rent-to-income ratio sits at a level that is not trivial, and the estimated monthly mortgage cost roughly matches the local rental rate, making the buy-versus-rent calculation fairly close. For a family considering a move to this area, the pricing is more accessible than many parts of Florida, though the rate environment is not particularly favorable right now.
Dade City and Pasco County more broadly are in an active growth phase. Large master-planned developments are underway, new roads and infrastructure are being built, and the district has been managing enrollment pressure across the county, particularly in Wesley Chapel to the south and east. Pasco voters approved a property-tax referendum in 2022 to fund teacher and staff salaries, which publicly reported accounts indicate reduced teacher vacancies substantially. A renewal is heading to the ballot in late 2026. The county's Penny for Pasco sales-tax continuation also channels capital funds to school construction and renovations. Families should be aware that attendance-zone boundaries have been adjusted in parts of the district and could shift again as growth continues, though San Antonio Elementary's specific zone was not addressed in the information we received.
The comparison framework for placing this school against its neighbors is limited: Pasco County has only one district, so peer comparisons among county districts are not meaningful here, and those metrics were flagged as not applicable for that reason.
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